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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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